Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-04-06
THE NEXT VICTIM.

The only Republican certainly deVel-
oped by John Sherman's visit to the
South is the fact that Mr. Sherman is an
aspirant for the empty honor of bearing
the dropping Republican standard in the
coming National Presidential campaign.
The Ohio Senator is anxious for the
Republican Presidential nomination.
And he will be very apt to get it.
His most powerful rival is James
@. Blaine, and in a contest like
this where cool planning and close
scheming are necessary for success,
nature has given the man of Ohio great
advantages over the man OF Maine.
Sherman is cold, phlegmatic, secretive,
industrious, and politically heartless.
His strength lies in burrowing. He
works beneath the surface. He is a
party and political detective. Moving
silently and secretly, all of his efforts
tend to ferreting out the weaknesses Of
an enemy. All and every one of
these weaknesses John Sherman will
surely find, and they will be
his ammunition for the contest. Pitted
against Blaine, Sherman will find no
dearth of weaknesses, and will amply sup
ply himself with his peculiar and effect
i've ammunition. While Blaine is also a
a schemer, his schemes have an entirely
different stamp. Their chief strength
lies in their slippery construction. In
their makeup they are all things to all
men, and in the application they are
nothing to any one but Blaine. The
strength Of the Knight OF Maine
is that of the brilliant dema-
gogue. He is the political ignuS fatuus
of the day He shines before the eyes of
men, but he shines for himself alone.
He blazes above the political marsh, and
those who follow inevitably find them
selves in political mire. To be successful,
Blaine must dazzle the eyes. As his is
surface work entirely, he is easily under
mined, and of all men in the
Republican party John Sherman is
the most fitted to dig under
him. Blaine can sway a mass
meeting. Sherman seeks the individual
He will come to the convention with an
organized strength created by a patient
and persistent effort to which Blaine is
an utter stranger. He will known just
where that delegation stands, and how
this one inclines. He will have a thorough
and comprehensive knowledge of the
situation, and Of the methods
and appliances necessary to mould
that situation to his own pur-
poses. John Sherman is pastmas-
ter in the art of modern political wire
pulling. Blaine is but a brilliant false
political prophet. Both men are thor
oughly selfish. Blaine's selfshness is
spontaneous and strictly personal. Sher-
mans selfishness is that of party, as well
as person, and has been educated by the
efforts of lifetime. In a large meas
ure Sherman represents the selfish
ness of the Republican party. Blaine
represents a Republican selfshness
centering entirely in himself. The re-
sultcan not be in doubt John Sherman
will defeat James g. Blaine in the next
Republican National convention. As far
as the Democracy is concerned, it
makes little difference which of
the two gentlemen receives the
Republican nomination The Republi-
can party can never again be led to
a national victory, and the candidacy of
the political adventurer, or the apostle of
the bloody shirt is alike immaterial.
The astute Sherman or the brilliant
Blaine will find the political shambles
prepared. From a National standpoint
the only question in the next Presidential
campaign is, ''Who will be the Repub-
lican victim.'